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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 6,127 | 6,373 | 6,396 | 6,504 | 6,634 |
| Males | no. | 2,938 | 3,011 | 3,038 | 3,081 | 3,134 |
| Females | no. | 3,189 | 3,362 | 3,358 | 3,423 | 3,500 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.8 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.8 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.7 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.7 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.3 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 15.0 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.1 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.8 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 12.2 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,441.9 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.2 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.7 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 2,158 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,717 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 605 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 131 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 60 | 38 | 48 | 44 | 51 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.7 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Deaths | no. | 70 | 64 | 71 | 62 | 83 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 11.4 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 12.5 |
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